---
type: "Bill"
title: "VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES, IN RECOGNITION"
description: "VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES, IN RECOGNITION"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HM 16"
citation: "New Mexico HM 16 (2025)"
classification: ["memorial"]
subjects: ["MEMORIALS", "OTHER"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chavez, Nicole", "De La Cruz, Art", "Lundstrom, Patricia A.", "Reeb, Andrea", "Vincent, Harlan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 4
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-02-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03125fdb-65cd-473b-ab8c-f2bb9502be9e"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=M&legNo=16&year=25"
source_hash: "89e30e767e8532378eb46eacda82c5b6f1f1051fa7de1249ddcd85320175c0e0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nm"]
---

# New Mexico HM 16 (2025) — VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES, IN RECOGNITION

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/final/HM016.PDF)
2. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/25%20Regular/memorials/house/HM016.HTML)

## Votes

- house passage — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chavez, Nicole — primary (person)
- De La Cruz, Art — primary (person)
- Lundstrom, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Reeb, Andrea — primary (person)
- Vincent, Harlan — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-05** not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
- **2025-02-06** withdrawn from committee `withdrawal`
- **2025-02-06** passed House `passage`
- **2025-02-12** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03125fdb-65cd-473b-ab8c-f2bb9502be9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).